Christian Dean DiMarco was born on August 23,1968 and is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
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19 Facts About Chris DiMarco
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Chris DiMarco attended Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, where he played for the Patriots golf team and began dating his future wife at the age of 17.
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Chris DiMarco was raised in a sports-oriented family; both of his older brothers were athletes, and his father played college basketball for St John's University.
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Chris DiMarco accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he played for coach Lynn Blevins and coach Buddy Alexander's Gator golf teams from 1987 to 1990.
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Chris DiMarco shot a three-round score of 209 to win the Southeastern Conference individual title in 1989, while leading the Gators to an SEC team championship.
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Chris DiMarco was a seven-time medalist, a first-team All-SEC selection in 1989 and 1990, the SEC Player of the Year in 1990, and an All-American in 1988,1989 and 1990.
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Chris DiMarco was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2002.
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Chris DiMarco turned professional in 1990, won the Canadian Tour's Order of Merit as its money leader in 1992, and finished ninth on the second-tier Nike Tour in 1993 to earn his PGA Tour card for 1994.
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Chris DiMarco maintained his concentration and sank the putt, then pointed at the fan and demanded that a tournament official eject him.
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In 2005, Chris DiMarco lost a sudden-death playoff with Tiger Woods to finish second in The Masters.
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The final round pairing of Woods and Chris DiMarco featured a famous chip from Woods which took an incredibly long time to drop into the hole for a birdie on the par three 16th, and stretch his lead to two.
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Chris DiMarco finished as the runner-up in a major for the third time at the 2006 Open Championship at Hoylake; Tiger Woods beating him by two strokes.
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Arguably, Chris DiMarco enjoyed his most consistent success from 2002 to 2006, when he was ranked in the top ten of the world rankings for 61 weeks, going as high as number six in the world in 2005.
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Chris DiMarco was a member of the US national team in the 2003 and 2005 Presidents Cup, and the Ryder Cup competitions in 2004 and 2006.
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Notwithstanding the injury, Chris DiMarco still finished among the top 25 in six tournaments and earned more than $950,000 in fewer than nine months in 2007.
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Chris DiMarco is a frequent contributor to Morning Drive on Golf Channel.
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Chris DiMarco has known his wife Amy since the seventh grade, when both attended Rock Lake Middle School in Longwood.
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